Analysis of an adjoint problem approach to the identification of an unknown diffusion coefficient

Inverse Problems

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 601-625

  DuChateau, P ^a   Thelwell, R ^a   Butters, G ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATION THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAPPING;

APPLIED MATHEMATICS; DATA MAPPINGS; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 2142711728     PISSN: 02665611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0266-5611/20/2/019     Document Type: Article

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